2012 BREAKout Swimming Clinic

Barbadian children enjoyed the “2012 BREAKout Swimming Clinic” taught by American Olympians

An Olympic swimmer instructs young swimmers

The U.S. Embassy Bridgetown awarded the Titans Aquatic Swim Club in Barbados a grant to hold a children’s swimming clinic. The “2012 BREAKout Swimming Clinic” helped children, aged 7-18, improve their swimming skills.  The grant allowed American Olympic swimmers Matt Grevers, Clark Burkle, Alyssa Anderson, and Annie Chandler to travel to Barbados to run the clinic. From their Olympian coaches, the young Barbadians learned the value of hard work and were inspired to train for the Olympics themselves. The children enjoyed the clinic very much and the Titans Aquatic Swim Club organizers were thanked afterwards by appreciative parents.